Moneybag



April 1945- MACDYONALD 7 I MONEY BAG Filed March 27, 1944 $31M: CHECKS DOLLARS INVENTOR [an Mcaonald ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 17, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT ,QFFICE g 1 2,374,115. J MONEYBAG-T 7 Ian Macdonald, Modesto, Calif. Application Mai-ch27, 1944, Serial No. 528,198

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This invention relates to, and it is an object of my invention to provide, an improved money bag, and in particular a compartmented money.

bag including pockets for segregated coins of different denominations, and a separate pocket for currency and checks, whereby to facilitate subsequent segregation and counting of such coins, together with the currency and checks, at the point of discharge from the bag, as for example at a bank.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a compartmented money bag, as above, which is so designed that by ready manipulation thereof, the compartments can be selectively and separately emptied so that the previously segregated coins, together with the currency and checks, can be maintained in such relationship when the contents of the bag are discharged therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a multiple compartment money bag which comprises a plurality of vertically elongated receiving pockets formed in unitary relation and adapted to be all closed adjacent the top byv a single, readily accessible, tie string or, ribbon; the bag being formed, in a novel manner, from a single piece of flexible material, such as light weight canvas.

An additional object of the invention is to pro vide a multiple compartment money bag which comprises, of flexible material, a central vertically elongated pocket of a size to receive currency and checks unfolded, and a multiplicity of vertically elongated coin pockets secured alongo'ne edge to the central pocket and projecting outwardly therefrom and in circumferentially spaced relation 'thereabout; all of said pockets opening upwardly and being adapted to be folded together in face to face engagement and closed by a single tie string secured to said central pocket adjacent the upper end of the latter.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive article ofmanufacture, and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of partsi lns will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawing similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved money bag open and with the pockets spaced apart.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the open bag taken- 2 are circumferentially spaced about the central pocket I, and along their inner vertical edges the pockets 2 are connected with said central pocket whereby to form the unitary multiple compartment bag. The pockets 2 are of the same height as the pocket I and all of said pockets are open at their upper end.

The pockets 2 are for coins and are spaced apart a sufficient distance circumferentially of the central pocket I, as clearly shown in Fig. 3,

so that said pockets 2 can be selectively and separately filled with coins without interference from the other pockets. Adjacent their upper ends and at the front the pockets 2 are imprinted with indicia of the denomination of the coins which is adapted to be received, as indicated generally at 3.,

A tie string or ribbon 4 is permanently connected, centrally of its ends, to the central pocket I at the back and adjacent but short of the upper edge of the latter.

The bag is formed from a single rectangular but elongated sheet of material; the ends of said sheet being lapped and initially sewed together,

as at S, and thereafter the pockets 2 are formed about the central pocket I by lines of stitching 5. The bottom of all of the pockets is closed by other lines of stitchingli. Each of the pockets is bordered at the top with a hem I to prevent undue wear or fraying.

Constructed in this manner the bag can be manufactured simply, quickly, and quite inex pensively.

When the bag is-in use currency and checks are slipped into central pocket I, coins of different denominations are placed in the respective pockets 2, and thereafter the pockets 2 on opposite sides of said central pocket I are folded in face to face engagement, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Thereafter the two groups of folded pockets are lapped over each other, and the neck of the bag as so folded is then closed by the tie string 4 in the manner shown in Fig. 4.

When it is desired to empty the bag, the tie string 4 is untied and the bag unfolded while remaining upright. Thereafter the bag is manipulated in the hands of the user so as to close the upper ends of all of the pockets except one, which one pocket may then be separately emptied. This procedure is repeated for each pocket, and in this manner the contents as discharged therefrom may be maintained in the desired segregated relation.

From the foregoing description it willibe readily seen that I have produced {such an article of manufacture as substantially fulfills'the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the from such detail may be resorted vto as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A compartmented money bag, of flexible material comprising a vertically elongated pocket, a plurality of other vertically elongated pockets disposed in circumferentially spaced relation about said one pocket, said other pockets being connected in unitary relation along their inner edges with said one pocket, all of said pockets being open at the top, and a tie string adapted to close the bag at the top.

IAN MACDONALD. 

